Root Access

Vincent

9:00 AM

Or maybe @OliverSalzburg can help me with the migration issue? Thx!

Bob

!!tumbleweed

ChatBot John Cavil

Journeyman Geek

I'm having issues with my home internet.

Bob

o.O

Journeyman Geek

9:21 AM

Google and fb loads. Nothing else seems to

It's not dns since I can't get on my irc bouncer

Bob

@JourneymanGeek are you on your phone?

Journeyman Geek

9:42 AM

hm

annnd

I'm back

@Vincent not a great question but on topic here

@Bob I was

Vincent

@JourneymanGeek shall I migrate? It's a bit of a waste if it ends up closed here as well

Journeyman Geek

@Vincent I'd give it a shot

Vincent

Ok, thanks! :D

Journeyman Geek

@Bob I THINK it was tunnelbear

Vincent

You gots it. Thanks for the help!

Journeyman Geek

9:51 AM

and blah

I should have just tunneled it through the dedi ;p

Oliver Salzburg

@Vincent What the what?

Vincent

@OliverSalzburg too late, sorry :)

Oliver Salzburg

Apple rejected our iOS app update because our promo material screenshots contained the word "demo". We've been using the same screenshots for years and now they reject the update >:(

What a morning

qasdfdsaq

10:04 AM

@PatoSáinz Good job I don't pay for the A/C

Journeyman Geek

hm

qasdfdsaq

@Bob So 20% of JmG's rep?

Journeyman Geek

a website I use a fair bit and won't talk about here seems semi broken

@qasdfdsaq actually...

@Bob could you run that against John T?

qasdfdsaq

@allquixotic Well I did kinda say that yesterday

Also just had a hour long Thai massage.

Journeyman Geek

@qasdfdsaq that was somewhat less than I'd assumed

qasdfdsaq

10:24 AM

@JourneymanGeek Eh?

I'd actually hoped for less, since it was a random, unscheduled, after-lunch jaunt

HackToHell

10:34 AM

27ms from India to CA

qasdfdsaq

@HackToHell No, and no

HackToHell

247ms to sg

@qasdfdsaq cache server ?

qasdfdsaq

No.

Journeyman Geek

@qasdfdsaq I meant my residual reputation ;p

HackToHell

@qasdfdsaq so ??

What's wrong with it

qasdfdsaq

10:37 AM

25ms to Bangalore

HackToHell

Ah, are they multi casting ?

The same thing they do with the public DNS and all

qasdfdsaq

No.

HackToHell

IP Lookup points to speedguide.net/ip/72.14.205.109

qasdfdsaq

IP lookup tells you who it belongs to, not where it is located

HackToHell

Ahhh, right

You on your phone ?

qasdfdsaq

10:46 AM

No

HackToHell

Also Y NO TF2 servers in Bangalore

qasdfdsaq

No demand?

Indians not rich enough?

HackToHell

microsoft.com/india/datacenter

Journeyman Geek

@HackToHell EVERYONE IS TOO BUSY WORKING!

(My old company merged with an indian one. Their offices basically work 24/7. The UK branch has been known to knock off 2 hours early for a beer)

HackToHell

ikr, Indians need to netflix and chill moar

Also fuck you ms

The India regions are currently available to volume licensing customers and partners with a local enrolment in India. For more information, contact your Microsoft India partner manager or account manager. The India regions will open to direct online Azure subscriptions in 2016.

I can't create a vm in the Indian data center -_-

It's 2016 @@##!!!@#

Journeyman Geek

10:55 AM

@HackToHell heh, India has netflix?

WHY DO YOU PEOPLE GET COOL STUFF BEFORE US?

tereško

@JourneymanGeek it's probably have something to do with having 1 billion potential customers.

so, what this comes down to is: if you want Netflix, start procreating.

Journeyman Geek

(we're getting it this year, in theory)

qasdfdsaq

@tereško Err fitting 1 billion procreators into Singapore might be hard

Oliver Salzburg

@tereško Sounds like a win-win

qasdfdsaq

They'll probably ban all procration well before coming close to that population level...

In fact, it's already one of the most densely populated countries in the world

@JourneymanGeek Just register with an Indian credit card and VPN?

Journeyman Geek

11:06 AM

@qasdfdsaq its the principle of the thing

DavidPostill

List of sovereign states and dependent territories by population density

This is a list of countries and dependencies ranked by human population density and measured by the number of human inhabitants per square kilometer or square mile. == MethodologyEdit == The list includes sovereign states and self-governing dependent territories based upon the ISO standard ISO 3166-1. The list also includes but does not rank unrecognized but de facto independent countries. The figures in the following table are based on areas including inland water bodies (lakes, reservoirs, rivers). Figures used in this article are mainly based on the latest censuses and official estimates (or...

I was surprised to see Monaco at number 2 ;)

Singapore is number 3

HackToHell

@JourneymanGeek YOU HAVE BETTER INTERNETZ !

Journeyman Geek

@HackToHell yup, which is one reason its wierd services like this are slow here

tereško

@DavidPostill the whole country is about the size of a racing track.

Journeyman Geek

@qasdfdsaq I have this theory that the easiest way to prevent piracy is to make stuff available at a senseible price

DavidPostill

11:09 AM

Monaco - 2 km2 and 37,800 people :/

50m2 per person.

@JourneymanGeek Some people will always think the sensible price is a big fat zero

Journeyman Geek

@DavidPostill and easily!

I think a good example is baen books. I could download books from bitorrent or libgen (if they're up), but its actually less painful for me to buy new releases from them (at a discount) as part of a bundle

qasdfdsaq

@JourneymanGeek Funny enough I agree totally

But without stupid arbitrary restrictions and drama over "Oh I'm not releasing this album on THIS service for 3 months until this OTHER service that pays me more ends their exclusivity contract"

Journeyman Geek

da

or there was no way for me to get something at the quality I want.

I totally can't pay netflix, what 20-30 dollars a month to watch stuff only they show, for example

I could entirely hypothetically download series they made at 4K tho

Bob

@qasdfdsaq 25% was closer. I was looking at SU rep only

@JourneymanGeek You can enter his user ID in the textbox under the script :P

John T is at 58260 rep from upvotes on >1week old posts

Out of a total of 117687

Journeyman Geek

11:47 AM

@Bob I have inconcequencial rep elsewhere ;p

Journeyman Geek

12:09 PM

maaaan

I have a question I want to post an impolite close reason about

DavidPostill

This one? ;)

-4

Q: Making a Windows Activator

Today I reinstalled my Windows 7 (Pirated :p ) and discovered that is NOT Genuine. So I have to active it with Windows 7 Activator. now I want to know how the activator works, is this possible to make a activator with Visual Studio??? Thanks

@JourneymanGeek

Journeyman Geek

yuuuup

DavidPostill

@JourneymanGeek Use one of your sock puppets ;)

Journeyman Geek

@DavidPostill: tempting but no

I put it out of our misery and posted a comment

DavidPostill

8

A: How to categorize closing a valid question dealing with using pirated software?

Just flag for mod attention to be deleted.

Journeyman Geek

12:15 PM

@DavidPostill but but the public humiliation!

DavidPostill

Consider it flagged ;) @JourneymanGeek

Journeyman Geek

snort

the latest edit...

I have a very nice bridge for sale, very cheap, hardly used, still in its original packaging...

DavidPostill

Yeah, I saw that. Not so believable attempt to wriggle out (but nice try) ;)

Journeyman Geek

I would typically let that get roombaed but whatever ;p

DavidPostill

Hmm. I hit "delete" and it got deleted straight away! Do I have a new super duper delete privilege? ;)

Journeyman Geek

12:20 PM

naw, I hit delete at about the same time ;p

DavidPostill

LOL. So did the OP ;)

" deleted by Washiul Alam 2 mins ago "

Journeyman Geek

0_0

Three hit combo? ;p

Its not rediculously difficult to pirate software. I actually get the theory they use for modern windows 7 cracks (emulating a system preinstall) which is pretty clever

DavidPostill

@JourneymanGeek Did you read his profile?

"Disshhhiiiaaaaa, yap??? Oh you?, how r u, oh me??? I m a programmer (I think :p). But a GAMER also :p Love Android, for "ULTA PALTA" names :p. Read in class 7, and age is 12 :p. Dishhhhhiiaaa, righf??? :p"

Journeyman Geek

Oh wait

Underaged user

DavidPostill

Is he claiming to be 12 years old?

Journeyman Geek

12:22 PM

damnit skippy

I believe he is

DavidPostill

Hehe

He also cross posted to SO.

Journeyman Geek

Handled. Might take a while for someone to get to it, and I needed a reminder

DavidPostill

I saw that ;)

Journeyman Geek

lol

its not super seekrit

(and yeah, I do believe this is the first underaged user I've come across as a mod)

Bob

@JourneymanGeek typical methods are patching out the activation check, infinite rearming, and a fake KMS server

As for why I know this... call it curiosity :P

Journeyman Geek

12:27 PM

;p

I finally got around to checking the HDMI ports on my crossover

All 3 are HDMI 2.0 it seems. Manual says only 1 is.

Bob

(In all seriousness I can't be bothered dealing with those hacks... Easier and a better use of my time to just pay, not to mention the whole ethics thing)

Journeyman Geek

(website says all 3 are, so I suspect its a newer varient)

@Bob yeah

and unless you build a desktop or are upgrading, you're typically not buying windows seperately

jiggunjer

even upgrading is still free right, for win 10

Journeyman Geek

yup

not always true tho

I have a system that went from XP to 7 (paid upgrade) to 10

Windows 10 is unusual and MS is in a wierd situation of competing against its past self for market share.

jiggunjer

yea I'm still happy on win7

Journeyman Geek

12:36 PM

I'm almost entirely on windows 10

one system's not upgraded yet but that's cause I don't have a working monitor for it

jiggunjer

I'm now looking into making a custom installer for win 7. With my core apps, sp1/updates and registry tweaks.

Had trouble finding a DL source for RT se7en Lite. Dev site links are broke and only softpedia seems to offer the latest version.

But I hate sites like softpedia

Journeyman Geek

yeah

jiggunjer

or w/e its called

Journeyman Geek

I wonder whatever happened to the nlite guy

jiggunjer

I also DL'd the newer NTLite

gonna test em both

Journeyman Geek

12:41 PM

ahh right

(as you can tell, I've not done this in a while)

jiggunjer

me never, I didn't know there were apps for modding an installer image

never had to re-install much

Journeyman Geek

I used to strip down installs when I was younger

now I just do a stock install, update, and use a combination of ninite and manual installs to get stuff up to date

jiggunjer

yea but that takes about a day, all the MS updating especially.

Journeyman Geek

hm

Bob

@jiggunjer WAIK

I think it's WADK now though

Journeyman Geek

12:44 PM

I used to use WSUS offline update for most new installs

I just hop on another PC these days ;p

Bob

Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit

Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit (Windows ADK), formerly Windows Automated Installation Kit (Windows AIK or WAIK), is a collection of tools and technologies produced by Microsoft designed to help deploy Microsoft Windows operating system images to target computers or to a VHD (Virtual Hard Disk). It was first introduced with Windows Vista. WAIK is a required component of Microsoft Deployment Toolkit. == History == Windows AIK Version 1.0 was released with Windows Vista. New or redesigned tools and technologies included Windows System Image Manager (Windows SIM), SysPrep, ImageX, and Windows...

jiggunjer

yea I got the latest WADK too

but I thought those GUIs like RT se7en lite were like frontends for WAIK

so why read a 10 page guide on how to slipstream with WADK when the GUI has a big round button?

I even got MDT but I doubt I'll need it.

I think it is for mass installing

HackToHell

1:31 PM

Typing in firefox is like typing in a remote ssh windows sigh

Why you do this lame browsers .-.

Bob

1:45 PM

norepro

DavidPostill

norepro - but I probably have fewer tabs than @Bob ;)

HackToHell

Oh and halp anyone stackoverflow.com/questions/34613296/…

Journeyman Geek

;p

One nice thing about being an early adopter

I have a good chunk of UHD/ 4K 'good subjective' questions to myself

DavidPostill

@JourneymanGeek I'm very happy with my square pixels ;) 169 upvotes and rising ...

Journeyman Geek

@DavidPostill this isn't likely to be a HNQ

DavidPostill

2:00 PM

Have you written a "canonical answer" yet?

Journeyman Geek

Oh, none of these are canonical

they're very user experience centered

0

Q: Is it possible (and functional) to use a 4k 28" screen like 4 full hd screens?

I plan to buy a 4k 28" screen in order to replace my dual full-hd screen. The main reason for this is to have "more screens" in front of me. I plan to use it like if I had 4 full hd screens in front of me, meaning I will have 4 various applications opened at the same time and visible. I know th...

4k-resolution

is the most recent one

5

A: Will the pixel density difference be visible between 4K and 2K monitors at 27" size?

IMO "sort of". Its definately better and sharper, but native 4k content is pretty rare. I'm looking at a 1080p and a 2180p display right now. I do do some sort of upsampling in my video player for 720p video and it looks fine. (Would screenshots be of help here? I donno). There's a lot of disa...

I guess this comes close to canonical

Hennes

'm eagerly looking forward to netflix coming here for science.

LOL

Journeyman Geek

2:26 PM

;p

I couldn't have gone and said "Waited for the chinese to make 4k rips off netflix and other sources possible" could I?

torrentfreak.com/…

HackToHell

Just told about shebangs to someone and he started laughing #_#

Journeyman Geek

shebangs shebangs....

HackToHell

not you

Hennes

2:42 PM

A shebang walks into a bar and asks the barkeeper "So, how is the ENVironment here?"

DavidPostill

A shebang walks into a bar and sed "unzip, strip, touch, finger, grep, mount, fsck, more, yes, fsck, fsck, fsck, umount, sleep"

5

HackToHell

So I'm not the only one broadbandforum.co/threads/104070

Damned messed up routes between ISPs

Bob

@DavidPostill that's a very dodgy disk you have there

DavidPostill

@Bob lol

jiggunjer

3:26 PM

I think the number of votes doesn't make it more or less canonical.

Journeyman Geek

@jiggunjer more that it covers most of the things someone would ask on a topic

qasdfdsaq

I'm so canonical, my face fires cannonballs when I sneeze

tereško

@DavidPostill that's a very problematic joke

qasdfdsaq

@tereško Your face is a very problematic joke

Bob

I'm stuck in TvTropes :(

tereško

3:38 PM

it happens

Journeyman Geek

technically @qasdfdsaq if you fired cannonballs when you sneezed, your face would be a problematic joke for anyone in range

HackToHell

4:01 PM

Okay looks like foxyproxy was causing firefox to crawl

has anyone used anything else that works well ?

I want rules based proxy, essentially comapny domain -> proxy

Bob

...still norepro

Perhaps you configured a particularly intensive rule

HackToHell

Yeah perhaps hmm

qasdfdsaq

4:16 PM

@JourneymanGeek I can see why it would be problematic, but I don't see why it would be a joke

Journeyman Geek

they would be small balls?

qasdfdsaq

4:46 PM

Cannonballs are not small.

Check engine light

A malfunction indicator lamp (MIL), also known as a check engine light, is a tell-tale to indicate malfunction of a computerized engine management system. It is found on the instrument panel of most automobiles. When illuminated, it is typically either an amber or red color. On vehicles equipped with OBD-II, the light has two stages: steady (indicating a minor fault such as a loose gas cap or failing oxygen sensor) and flashing (indicating a severe fault, that could potentially damage the catalytic converter if left uncorrected for an extended period). When the MIL is lit, the engine control unit...

Anonymous

@qasdfdsaq easily resettable (or diagnosable) by OBD-II

qasdfdsaq

Tell-tale (automotive)

A tell-tale (or idiot light, especially in North America) is an indicator of the status or malfunction of a system within a motor vehicle. A tell-tale consists of a light bulb or an LED which lights up a symbol or text legend. The "idiot light" terminology arises from popular frustration with automakers' use of tell-tales for crucial functions which could previously be monitored by gauges, so a troublesome condition could be detected and corrected early. Such early detection of problems with, for example, engine temperature or oil pressure or charging system operation is not possible via a tell...

> or idiot light, especially in North America

Anonymous

@qasdfdsaq suitable

Anonymous

@qasdfdsaq do you have a problem with your car or are you purely reading wikipedia for the sake of it?

qasdfdsaq

@PatoSáinz Neither

Curious as to the reasons the check engine light is "supposed to come on for 15-60 seconds" when powering up a car.

(Though in my case, a motorcycle check engine light, that comes on for about 2-3 seconds after turning the key to "Run")

Anonymous

4:51 PM

@qasdfdsaq because there's probably a self-test on start, like a BIOS POST

qasdfdsaq

I've read that it's apparently intentional, but not sure exactly why.

Anonymous

qasdfdsaq

Possibly, but what would a check engine light not coming on when you start the vehicle mean?

Other than perhaps "Check check engine light"

Anonymous

@qasdfdsaq I don't know if you should worry about that

Anonymous

lol

qasdfdsaq

4:53 PM

> The MIL is also illuminated prior to starting the engine, along with other tell-tales on the dashboard, to demonstrate that the lamp is working and not burned out. The lamp will turn off once the car is started if no monitored faults exist. The MIL will also illuminate if the engine has been cranked but failed to start after returning the ignition to "ON."

Yeah, so it's a check check engine light check.

xD

Anonymous

@qasdfdsaq I mean, it's been years since cars stopped using lamps on the dashboard

Anonymous

burning a LED is a little harder

qasdfdsaq

@PatoSáinz True, but this is a cheapo third-world rental scooter.

Probably still LED, but meh.

Also the speedometer is off by 10.

But nobody even knows what the speed limits are around here, so that's not exactly a problem

Anonymous

@qasdfdsaq lol, if you really are worried, it's probably not going to explode under your legs

qasdfdsaq

I'm not worried, I just like to understand how things work.

That's how I managed to learn so much about computers all by myself.

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